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The Ascent

19771h 49m7.8(246)
DramaWarHistory

During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

Director: Larisa Shepitko

Writer: Larisa Shepitko, Yuri Klepikov

Top Cast

Boris PlotnikovBoris PlotnikovSotnikovVladimir GostyukhinVladimir GostyukhinRybakAnatoliy SolonitsynAnatoliy SolonitsynPortnov, collaborationist interrogatorLyudmila PolyakovaLyudmila PolyakovaAvginya Demchikha, the motherViktoriya GoldentulViktoriya GoldentulBasya Meyer, the girlSergei YakovlevSergei YakovlevPetr Sych, village elderMariya VinogradovaMariya VinogradovaVillage elder's wifeMykola SektymenkoMykola SektymenkoStas Gomenyuk, collaborationist policemanLeonid YukhinLeonid YukhinPartisan commanderAleksandr ZvenigorskiyGerman officerVladimir RudyyVladimir RudyyGerman officer with black glassesAnatoli ChebotaryovGerman officer with glasses

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